Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Twenty-Five Year Engagement | 2020 | James W. Ziskin | Buy |
James W. Ziskin writes mystery and crime fiction with a focus on historical settings. His Ellie Stone series, set in the early 1960s, has earned him Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Awards, and his work has been shortlisted more than twenty times for major mystery awards including the Edgar.
The Twenty-Five Year Engagement is a 2020 short work that shows Ziskin’s ability to create suspense in a compressed format. His short fiction draws on the same strengths as his novels: careful period research, layered characters, and plots that reward close attention. Readers familiar with Ziskin’s longer work will recognize his precise prose style here.